The emperor's heart was extremely complicated.
Even though the prince is his most beloved son, he is not only a father, but also the king of a country. He cannot ignore the life and death of the country, the country, and the people just because of his preference.
If this matter is true and the prince can even oppress the people, how can he trust the world to him?
King Zhao said: "Your Majesty also has the ninth prince Sui Wang Ming Wang."
The emperor said: "Prince Ming is cowardly. The Ninth Prince is six years old this year. As for Prince Sui..." Some pity flashed across the emperor's face, but he finally shook his head, "Mr. Zhao cannot be a relative."
Although they both share the surname Zhao, this Zhao is not the other Zhao. The royal Zhao family rose up in Yizhou and finally established Dong Zhao in less than seventy or eighty years. The Zhao family of Zhao Guifei is the Zhao family of the imperial city. One clan, the Zhao family, one of the largest clans in the world.
The forces behind the Zhao family are deeply intertwined, with many clans involved, some far-reaching, and some clans that are one or two hundred years old.
In the past, in order to seize the legitimate heir, the emperor married the daughter of the Zhao family as a concubine, and then as a noble concubine. The Zhao family has become extremely prosperous, and the clans that are friends with it have also benefited from the glory.
Although the emperor had deliberately suppressed the clans in recent years, after all, these century-old clans were doing things without revealing anything, and the people of the world had received many benefits from them, so the emperor did not dare to go too far.
If King Sui ascends the throne, Concubine Zhao becomes the Queen Mother, the blood of this clan flows through the Eastern Zhao royal family, and the Zhao family becomes a relative, who knows which bloodline this Zhao will have in the future royal family.
The emperor was afraid that King Sui would favor these clans, and he was also afraid that King Sui would not be able to defeat them. In the end, the royal family would become the puppets of these clans.
Therefore, King Sui could not ascend the throne.
Taking a closer look, it turned out that none of the emperor's sons were very good, so he had no choice but to look at Zhao Mingzhan.
After all, it was the two brothers who had regained the country, and they could not take advantage of others.
King Zhao calmed down after a while and said, "This is inappropriate."
The throne is certainly good, but if there is a real fight for it and Zhao Mingzhan wants this position, can the prince agree? Can King Sui agree? Are there two others who can agree? If this happens, there will definitely be blood.
In the past, King Zhao and the emperor killed several of the former emperor's children in order to seize the throne, but there was nothing they could do at that time. There was a deep hatred between the princes of different mothers. Either you died or I died.
Zhao Mingzhan is the crown prince of Prince Zhao now, and will be Prince Zhao in the future. He has everything, and he is not a prince, so why bother to wade through this muddy water.
The emperor said: "I know what you are thinking, but you should also know that in this situation, if I have a son like Mingzhan, why would I have such thoughts?"
It's only his son's fault that he failed to live up to expectations.
King Zhao was about to speak but stopped: "Brother Emperor."
"Okay, I have nothing to do. You can go back." The emperor said, "The case will be heard in Dali Temple tomorrow. I agreed to send the prince there. The Qing of Dali Temple will preside over the trial. You and Taifu Song will accompany you."
"Taifu Song is the grandfather of the crown prince, so he will definitely speak for the prince. The Minister of Dali Temple is a fair man. I pointed Taifu Song over and saw what they said, so as to give the prince a chance to explain."
"I sent you there because I was afraid that Taifu Song would suppress the Minister of Dali Temple. Tomorrow you will come in person on my behalf to watch. If it is really the prince who is wrong, you cannot protect him."
King Zhao responded: "My brother understands."
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When the news about Chen's son suing the prince spread, Su Wan was looking at the courtyard with Li Lin. Because of what happened in Qingfeng Courtyard, Li Lin was afraid of another trouble, so he finally gave up the courtyard that King Sui gave him. I also found a nice house.
The house has three entrances. In addition to the main courtyard, there are four courtyards, and there is also a large garden. Although it is not as exquisite as Qingfeng Villa, it is large and spacious enough. After some repairs, it will be enough for temporary residence in the future.
After all, after the two got married, Li Lin did not plan to stay in the Imperial City. He wanted to take her back to Yancheng. The houses there were built according to Qingfeng Villa, so they would be comfortable to live in in the future.
A few days ago, Li Lin asked Mrs. Jing to send the date of appointment to Jinning Palace, and it was set on the tenth day of next month, which was the second day of the Double Ninth Festival.
Li Lin was almost ready for the betrothal gift. After the splendid gift and engagement, the two of them were considered an unmarried couple in the true sense.
The two looked at the yard, and Su Wan proposed to take over the repairs. Li Lin naturally agreed.
After the incident was over, the two of them heard about the incident when they went to a restaurant for dinner.
Su Wan was shocked: "How could the prince do such a thing?!"
Speaking of which, the prince is also the prince of a country. How could he oppress the people and harm the officials?
The two of them were in a private room on the second floor of a restaurant called Hui Hui Lou. With the window open, they could hear the people below talking about it. Some angry people had already begun to yell at the prince.
Li Lin said: "Why not? If not, there would be no issue with Qingfeng Villa that day."
It was just that the prince borrowed Qingfeng Villa for Su Ran before, but at the birthday banquet of Duke Ning of Jin, he actually asked to borrow it for the student. It was really selfish to be generous to others and to do his own thing.
Then he set fire to Qingfeng Courtyard, even more so with no regard for the lives of the people.
It was said that the prince oppressed the people and killed officials for money. Even though Li Lin didn't know the inside story, he thought it was possible.
Su Wan sighed: "Then what do you think will happen to the prince?!"
"It's none of our business. Miss Six, eat more. I'll see you lose weight."
Su Wan thought to himself that it was really none of their business. Even if the prince was pulled down, it had nothing to do with her or the Jinning Palace. Although there was Su Ran in the prince's east palace, she was just a concubine in the end, and Jinning The Duke made up his mind not to go anywhere with the East Palace.
"Eat more." Li Lin said, "If I have free time, I will take you to see the maple leaves and go fishing some other time. I saw that the Jing family has a farm outside the Imperial City. There are many fruit trees, fish, and... Lian, if you want to go, I will take you to see it."
Su Wan's eyes lit up: "Seriously?!"
"Seriously, but it depends on whether the third master agrees or not."
Su Wan glanced at him and blushed slightly: "Cunning."
From what he meant, he wanted her to ask Su Xun. He was really beautiful. She wanted to date but didn’t want to face her father-in-law. Humph!
Li Lin laughed: "No, if I take you out again, the third master will be angry. When I went to pick you up today, I saw that the third master wanted to hit me."
Su Wan laughed, and then listened to him: "Originally, I wanted to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you, but something happened with the prince. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival may be boring."
In two days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Su Wan thought for a moment and then said, "Then I'll ask."
Li Lin smiled: "Then thank you Miss Six for understanding me."
It's not that he wants her to face Su Xun, it's just that it's not easy for him to bring Su Wan out once or twice. If it happens too many times, Su Xun won't agree at all. When the time comes, he's afraid He couldn't even see Su Wan's face and was stopped directly at Su Xun's place.
If Su Wan went to say it in person, Su Xun would definitely not refuse.
But he wanted to see her, so he had to use some scheming.
